Writing about reproductive rights issues in Minnesota and beyond!
As the political arm of Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, we mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact based, medically accurate sexuality education
We work to inspire and engage citizens to take up the cause of reproductive health and rights through education, electoral activity, grassroots organizing and legislative advocacy.

09 April 2015

Born After Roe is a reproductive health advocacy group that welcomes new and ardent supporters of Planned Parenthood into a safe space for education and conversation. Its free advocacy salons are specifically aimed at supporters in their 20s and 30s. Past salons have focused on the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby v. Burwell decision, elections, health insurance, how to talk about abortion and sexuality with family and friends, and more. Our Born After Roe co-chair Jenny Moeller puts it well, “Born After Roe Advocacy Salons are a place to learn, connect, and ask questions… it's about raising awareness and making a difference. It's a place to sit down and talk to people your own age. Often access to reproductive healthcare is taken for granted and it's something we don't talk about. It is amazing to have a space to do that.”

Born After Roe is an easy and fun way to get involved and learn something new about current reproductive health issues.

Does this sound like something you’d want to be a part of? Email advocacy@ppmns.org to receive updates on future events.

20 March 2015

When an important bill meant to provide critical services to victims of human trafficking was introduced, a group of Senators took it as an opportunity to deny victims from accessing funding for safe and legal abortion.

Thankfully, Minnesota's own Senators Klobuchar and Franken have shown their strong support for victims of human trafficking by voting no to this dangerous bill that would have limited their access to a full range of reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion.

Victims of human trafficking face high rates of sexual assault and unintended pregnancy, and more than half of trafficking survivors report seeking abortion. They deserve access to the full range of health care services that this bill would have provided before it was turned into a political stunt.

Please join us in thanking our senators for refusing to play politics with women's health.

23 February 2015

Seven private, for-profit companies in Minnesota filed lawsuits to deny their female employees coverage for birth control, and as of November 2014, all of them have won. This means any Minnesota-based employer could claim personally held religious beliefs as a reason to deny their employees certain types of health coverage, including birth control.

All women, no matter where they live or who their boss is, deserve access to basic health care. The good news is, there is something we can do. Representative Erin Murphy (DFL - St. Paul) and Senate President Sandy Pappas (DFL) have proposed the CHEER (Contraception Health Equity and Employee Rights) Act, which would require employer health plans to cover women’s preventive health care, just like men’s.

But, in order to turn these backward decisions around, we need to hear your voice. Let your elected officials know that Minnesota won't stand for discrimination.

Instead of focusing on how to improve the lives of Minnesotans, lawmakers have quietly introduced numerous bills that would make safe and legal abortion inaccessible—especially for rural women and poor women. These bills would:

Place unnecessary restrictions on abortion providers in order to shut down clinics across the state under the guise of health and safety.

Eliminate funding for abortions for poor women, making it impossible for many women to make a decision about her pregnancy based on her health and what's right for her family.

Ban the practice of telemedicine for women seeking medication abortions—all but eliminating abortion access for many women in Greater Minnesota.

These bills are a waste of time and taxpayer dollars—not to mention an appalling attempt to take options away from the most vulnerable women in our state.

The Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund is the political arm of PPMNS. We mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact based, medically accurate sexual education. Read more.